Mirai stood at the edge of the arena. In Nine-Tails Chakra Mode, his senses clearly caught the changes in A's condition.
In those golden eyes, the density of lightning around A's body had dropped by at least thirty percent compared to the start, and the intervals between each pulse were growing longer.
Almost there, Mirai silently said to himself.
He took a deep breath, and his Nine-Tails Chakra Cloak suddenly surged--
Golden light expanded outward from his body before condensing into nine golden chakra tails behind him. Each tail was as thick as an arm and swayed slowly through the air.
At the same time, twelve golden chains extended from either side of his body. Each bore the Uzumaki Clan's distinctive sealing runes, resembling twelve golden snakes beneath the glow.
"Adamantine Sealing Chains."
Someone in the stands recognized the technique:
"Those chains again! He used that move to catch the Anbu member beside Yugito in Kumogakure last time!"
"Twelve chains and nine tails... He's going all out to seal the Raikage's movements!"
"No matter how fast Lord Raikage is, he can't escape an encirclement this dense, can he?"
Mirai raised both hands, and the nine tails and twelve chains shot out at once!
A golden net descended toward A, sealing off his routes from the ground, the air, and the sides.
The chains and tails intertwined, forming a golden cage without a single blind spot.
A's eyes narrowed. His body instinctively tried to retreat, but the moment his feet moved, two golden chains swept along the ground toward him, seeking to coil around his ankles.
He jerked hard, pulling the chains taut, but they did not break.
More chains wrapped around him through that opening--
His wrists, forearms, waist, and shoulders. The golden sealing runes began to flicker the instant